Synonym: ask, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, order. Similar words: forbid. Meaning: [bɪd] 
n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something 2. an attempt to get something 3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. v. 1. propose a payment 2. invoke upon 3. ask for or request earnestly 4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 5. make a serious effort to attain something 6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something 2. an attempt to get something 3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. v. 1. propose a payment 2. invoke upon 3. ask for or request earnestly 4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 5. make a serious effort to attain something 6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something. 
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121 Morland is the subject of a one and a half million pound bid from a Suffolk based company, Greene King.
122 Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid.
123 Mter months of work and many meetings, the Mosher team put in their bid.
124 Quackenbush, 43, has not announced a reelection bid but has formed a campaign committee.
125 Every so often a rabbit would make a desperate, lung-bursting bid for freedom, only to provide an easy target for the twelve-bores.
126 The hostile bid has infuriated board members of the Dowty group, who claim that their company is being underpriced.
127 Virginia -- $ 119. 4 million of Series 1996 general obligation refunding bonds, via competitive bid.
128 The fans are mounting their own bid for a voice in the game.
129 Protestors had climbed lime trees in a desperate bid to stop them being destroyed.
130 Shares in Bond Street antiques dealer Mallett surged 19p to 73p after an unnamed bid approach.
131 Dalglish switched his sights to Marker after failing in a ￡2.5million bid for Craig Short.
132 Even though he could barely stand, John made one last desperate bid for survival.
133 They laughed, made jokes and bid on auction items such as a 1980 bottle of Parducci Cabernet Sauvignon.
134 The company said stockholders will be asked to approve the bid at a special meeting in late March.
135 It was the same outfit Archer had told Newman that made the bid for Bennington.
136 At auction the purchaser may have been able to acquire the site at a marginal figure above the next highest bid.
137 Jim Gonzalez, the only Latino on the board at the time, lost in his re-election bid.
138 Today is the last day Granada can alter its bid unless a new bidder prepares a competitive offer.
139 He contends that an independent presidential bid by the Rev.
140 But it's now facing a hostile takeover bid by a Suffolk based-brewery, Greene King.
141 Tomkins shares fell 7p to 276p on fears it is planning to mount a bid.sentencedict.com/bid.html
142 With an effort the Collector removed his eyes from the food and looked at the crowd assembled to bid for it.
143 Forbes, 48, a multimillionaire funding his presidential bid with his own money, has never held elective office.
144 They meet again today in a desperate bid to sort out who gets what of next year's ￡244.5 billion spending cake.
145 Phil Gramm ended his presidential bid Wednesday in much the same way he campaigned: short on emotion and long on economics.
146 However, the brothers filed through their shackles and made a desperate and final bid for freedom.
147 Here, the District had few branches and had failed in its bid to secure funding for its own tutor-organiser.
148 It is usual practice for the management of the trust to set the bid price above the limit set by the formula.
149 Defeated management-employee buy-out bid leader John Hackney considered taking an appeal to the courts.
150 Singlewood, 17, ran into the courtyard of Durham Castle in a desperate bid to shake off his pursuer.
More similar words: forbid.